The README.OS2 file contains:
I. Current release version for drivers and utilities.
II. How to install the STPRSCSI.ADD with OS/2 Device Driver
installation utility.
III. Device drivers and utilities usage of Parallel/SCSI Converters.
IV. Product tested list( Not all inclusive )
V. Diagnostic utility
VI. Technical tips( including how to install/upgrade OS2 to version
3.0 Warp )
All of the device drivers and utilities are fully compatible with
both Parallel/SCSI Plus and Premium( AKA Polliwog ) models running
under the OS/2 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 ( Warp ).
Please use this file as supplement to your installation/user guide.
I. Current released device drivers and utilities version.
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OS2 directory--
File name Size Date Time Version
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STPRSCSI ADD 33237 02-21-95 2:34p v3.0
STPRSCSI DDP 196 10-03-94 3:53p v2.2
STPRDISK DDP 163 10-03-94 3:53p v2.2
STPRCDRM DDP 236 10-03-94 3:52p v2.2
STPRASPI DDP 222 10-03-94 3:51p v2.2
II. How to install the STPRSCSI.ADD with OS2 Device Driver installation
utility.
0. Install the Parallel/SCSI Converters. Please find the detail
descriptions on the Installation/User Guide.
1. Boot the OS/2 system.
2. Open the "OS2 System" icon by double clicking the left mouse
button.
3. Open the "System Setup" icon by double clicking the left mouse
button.
4. Insert the distribution diskette come with the Converter.
5. Open the "Device Driver Install" icon by double clicking the
left mouse button.
6. Use the mouse to click on the "Change" word of "Source Directory".
Type in the source directory as "A:\OS2" or "B:\OS2" and then click
on the "Set" word.
7. Click the "Install" word to start the installation.
8. A screen with "Parallel/SCSI Device Driver Profile...." message
will then show up.
9. Click on the Device Profiles you wish to install.
10. Click on "Exit" to exit the installation. Now your device driver
installation procedure is completed. Re-boot the system to take
effect.
III. Device Driver and Utility Usage of Parallel/SCSI Converters
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STPRSCSI.ADD Adapter Device Driver
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Installation Format:
BASEDEV=STPRSCSI.SYS [/Dn] [/Wn] [/Sn] [/Zn]
[/In] [!SM or /SM] [!DM or /SM]
/Dn - define how many SCSI drives are attached.
n must be 1 - 7, if n is 1 only SCSI ID 0 drive
is checked, if n is 2 only SCSI ID 0, 1 drives
are checked.
Default value is 7.
/Wn - define how many seconds to wait time for drive to
be stable during POWER ON time.
n must be 0 - 1800.
Default value is 5.
/Sn - set the starting search port access speed level for
printer port. If this parameter is not specified,
driver will try from the fastest speed level 0, and
then level 1, level 2 until level 9 automatically,
If none can meet the port access speed, level 0 will
be assumed.
n must be 0 - 9.
Default value is 0 (the fastest level).
/Zn - n is a byte-length value
bit0 = 1, use the slower handshaking speed with low speed
device
0, use the normal handshaking speed with device
(default)
bit1 = 1, suppress bi-direction mode
= 0, will not suppress bi-direction mode (default)
bit2 = 1, suppress uni-direction emulation mode
= 0, will not suppress uni-direction emulation mode
(default)
bit3 = 1, suppress Enhanced Parallel Port mode
= 0, will not suppress Enhanced Parallel Port mode
(default)
/In - Allow changing the Parallel/SCSI Converter host adapter
SCSI ID. 'n' stands for the new ID.
/SM - Allow the OS2SCSI.DMD controlling the devices.
!SM - Disallow the OS2SCSI.DMD controlling the devices.
/DM - Allow the OS2DASD.DMD controlling the devices.
!DM - Disallow the OS2DASD.DMD controlling the devices.
The driver's features include the following:
- supports PS/2 standard or PS/2 compatible (such as Winbond
W83757) bi-direction printer port and Enhanced Parallel
Port for Intel 82360, SMC37C665, 37C666 and NS Super I/O
chips.
- drives SCSI hard disks, magneto-optical drives, and
removable cartridge disks, tape drives, floptical drives,
floppy drives, scanners, processors, CD-ROM drives and etc.
- supports on-line disk change for removable drives.
- compatible with OS/2 2.0 and above
- drives up to 7 disk drives simultaneously.
Following files are also needed for different applications, those
files should come with your OS2 software distribution diskette.
For Disk application-- OS2DASD.DMD
For CD-ROM application-- OS2SCSI.DMD, OS2CDROM.DMD, CDFS.IFS
For ASPI application-- OS2ASPI.DMD, VASPI.SYS
For any other SCSI application, for example, scanner-- OS2SCSI.DMD
IV. Product Tested List - Not all inclusive
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Most SCSI storage devices are tested even they may not be listed above. New models are constantly added to the list. Please consult the
dealers for updated information.
The adapter has been tested under the following environments.
All the above supported software's are for IBM PC AT &
compatibles.
SCSI Devices:
.Disk:
Manufacturer Type Model No. Capacity
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ALPS fixed disk DRD 100S 100 MB
CONNER fixed disk CP30100 121 MB
FUJITSU fixed disk 2611S 40 MB
IBM fixed disk WDC80 80 MB
MATSUSHITA optical disk LF-3090 128 MB
MAXTOR fixed disk XT-8760S 638 MB
MAXTOR fixed disk LXT-213S 203 MB
QUANTUM fixed disk LPS105S 105 MB
QUANTUM fixed disk 52S/LP 52 MB
QUANTUM fixed disk 525S 500 MB
QUANTUM fixed disk Empire 540, 1080, 1400
2100
RICOH optical disk RO-5030E 280 MB
SONY optical disk SMO-C301,F331 128 MB
SONY optical disk SMO-C501-00 280 MB
SEAGATE fixed disk ST1400 140 MB
SYQUEST removable disk SQ5110 88 MB
.Tape:
Manufacturer Model No. Capacity
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ARCHIVE 2150S 150 MB
SHINWA SDX-85 150 MB
TEAC MT-2ST/F 600 MB
TEAC MT-2ST/N 160 MB
TEAC MT-01N 155 MB
TEAC MT-01F 555 MB
TANDBERG TDC 3800 155 MB
WangDAT
WANGTEK 5525ES 525 MB
WANGTEK 5150ES 150 MB
YE-Data
.CD-ROM
Manufacturer Model No.
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Apple CD300,CD-SC,CD-SCPlus,Power CD
Power CD II
CD Technologies Porta-Drive( Toshiba 3201/3301/3401 )
CHINON CDS-431, CDS-435, CDS-535(PhotoCD)
Hitachi 1750, 3750
Laser Magnetic: CM212, CM214, CM231
MATSUSHITA-KOTOBUKI CR-501-B
MediaVision Reno(PhotoCD)
NEC CDR-25, 35, 55
NEC CDR-72, 77, 80
NEC CDR-82,84,400,500,600, 3XP, 3XE
(PhotoCD)
NEC 4Xi, 4XE(PhotoCD)
Philips F80
Pioneer DRM-600 Smart & Friendly 522
Plextor 3024, 5024, 3028, 5028(PhotoCD)
SONY CDU-541,CDU-561,CDU-6110,CDU-6111
CDU-6211,CDU-7211 (PhotoCD)
Texel DM-3010, 3020, 5010, 5020, 7120
Toshiba 3301, 3401, 4101, 5100 (PhotoCD)
.DAT:
Manufacturer Model No. Media
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Archive Phyton
RByte, ExaByte 4200, 8200, 8500 4mm, 8mm
Hewlett Packard 35470, 35480
WANGTEK 6130HS SONY DDS data Cartridge (DG-90M)
.Scanner:
Manufacturer Model No. Media
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Fujitsu ScanPartner Series
Hewlett-Packard ScanJet IIx Note: need SJIIx.SYS
.Operating System:
MS-DOS 3.3 MS-DOS 5.00 MS-DOS 4.01
DR-DOS 5.00 DR-DOS 6.00 MS-DOS6.20
MS-WINDOWS 3.0 MS-WINDOWS 3.1 OS/2 2.0, 2.1, 3.0( Warp )
V. Diagnostic utility
Note: Run this utility through any DOS icon of the presentation
manager only.
A comprehesive diagnostic utility is provided as "PSDIAG.EXE".
Type "PSDIAG.EXE" to execute the diagnostic utility.
The diagnostic utility will scan through parallel ports supported
in the system and display the results. Should any problems happened
please run the utility and write down the results before calling the
technical support.
Most of other diagnostic software such as MSD, QAPlus/FE, LapLink V,
and QBench had no problem accessing hard drives with converter.
VI. Technical tips
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Use this section as supplement to the Trouble Shooting section in the
manual.
a. ASPI compatible applications tested:
CorelSCSI, CorelSCSI Version 2( OS2 ), NovaBack( OS2 ).
b. A simple DOS based diagnostic software is included if you ever run
into some problems.
c. If you had bought a Parallel/SCSI Converter Plus and got hung during
initialization process while using the version 3.0x software. Please
set the /Z parameter bit 3 to 1 to disable auto-sensing for the
Enhanced Parallel Port mode. For example: If the /Z1 was set
originally, re-set to /Z9; otherwise, set to /Z8.
g. If you running the Parallel/SCSI Premium( Polliwog ) on some of the
386SL or 486SL notebooks ( like IBM Thinkpad series, AST PowerExec
series, Compaq Ultralite series and Toshiba 4600x) and got blanked
out during the initialization, be sure setting the parallel port
address selection to 378h or 278h only. Most of the host computer
with EPP mode on will only support the address selection for 378h
and 278h.
h. The Parallel/SCSI Converters are certified by the laboratory of Corel
Corp. listed as PAR/SCSI from April 1994.
i. NEC Triple Spin Series If after the installation you are unable to
access your NEC CD-ROM, try changing the /Z parameter in your
CONFIG.SYS to /Z7. If about method still does not work out, you
need to plug in the auxiliary +5V power adapter.
j. If you are using the Compaq LTE Elite 4/75CX notebook computer,
put the /Z4 at the end of STPRSCSI.ADD to disable the
uni-directional byte mode. Otherwise, the system will hang.
k. If you are using CD-ROM ( ex. Plextor 5028 ) and having problem
doing "DIR d:" or reading the file, make sure increasing the
buffer size for "VALUE" to a bigger number like 180 or add /Z1
at the end of the device driver command line to slow done the
handshaking.
l. HOW TO INSTALL THE OS/2 3.0( WARP ) FROM THE Parallel/SCSI
Converter:
a. Backup all of the data on the target partitions or drive you
want to install the OS/2 3.0.
b. Bring up the system in DOS or OS/2 1.x, 2.x and install the
Parallel/SCSI Converter with CD-ROM drive attached.
c. Insert the OS/2 3.0 CD-ROM diskette into the drive.
d. Type "dir" on the CD-ROM drive. You should find the
"CDINST.BAT" file.
e. Type "drive:\CDINST" and follow the instructions.
f. The installation program will prompt you to prepare two blank
diskettes and will write the operating system onto them.
g. When the message "Leave the installation diskette in the drive
and prepare to re-boot" shows up, be sure to pop-out the diskette
and find the CONFIG.SYS file in either of the two diskette( you
may want to do this on different system ). Edit/Insert a command
line as the following( close to the bottom of the file ):
BASEDEV=STPRSCSI.ADD
Save the changed CONFIG.SYS.
Note: The parameters should be identical to what you had
installed in DOS or OS/2 before.
h. Copy the STPRSCSI.ADD file onto the same diskette you just
edited as well.
i. Now, it's the time to put back the diskette originally in the
floppy drive and re-boot.
j. The OS/2 will prompt you to do "Easy-installation" or "Advance
Installation". Choose what you want. It's better to choose
"Format the partition" option to install the new 3.0 version due
to the fact that 3.0 is not compatible with DOS 5.x or O2/2 2.x
partition format very well. System may be hung up during the
installation from our experiences. Also, the system may hang
due to not enough memory. 4Meg is reuqired by OS/2. However,
it's not engough. 8Meg is preferred.
h. Follow the installation message to complete the procedure.
i. Now your Warp 3.0 should be up and the Parallel/SCSI Converter
installed, too.
Please call or Fax Shining to find out about new software
updates & revisions for Parallel/SCSI Plus and Parallel/SCSI
Premium. If you have any comments or complaints, we would love to hear
them.
Parallel/SCSI Converters README.OS2 v.3.6 (03/95)
Note: All of the products mentioned above are registered trademark
of their own.
Technical supports:
SHINING Technology, Inc.
10533 Progress Way, #C
Cypress, CA 90630
Tel: (714) 761-9598
Fax: (714) 761-9624
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